truckle
To roll or move upon truckles, or castersTo roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
» Money is round; it truckles.
Meaning
3 sensesTo roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
(intransitive)To sleep in a truckle bed.
(intransitive)To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior.
раболе́пствоватьrabolépstvovatʹ
- yield to out of weakness
- try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
Examples
1 sentencesMoney is round; it truckles.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English trokel, trocle, trookyl, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Medieval LatinFrom Middle English trokel, trocle, trookyl, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Medieval Latin trochlea (“a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys”); or from a diminutive of truck (“wheel”), formed with -le, equivalent to truck + -le.
From a back formation of truckle bed (a bed on which a pupil slept, because it was rolled on casters into a lower position under the master's larger bed), from Middle English trookylbed. Compare also trundle bed. Assisted by false association with Middle English *trukelen, truken, trokien, trukien, from Old English trucian (“to fail, diminish”), Low German truggeln (“to flatter, fawn”), see truck.
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Forms
truckles, truckling, truckled, truckledSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle